Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Captain Howe
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01034 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy
Instructs Howe regarding the transport of stores and cannon from Boston and Springfield, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island to West Point, New York. Howe is to instruct the officers in charge of sending the stores in case they do not receive Knox's orders. The stores are to be shipped on the Hudson to West Point, and kept afloat in vessels above the chain. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (near present-day Tarrytown).
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